Opus Clip vs Submagic
A side-by-side look at Opus Clip and Submagic for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Cut long videos into vertical shorts with AI clip detection, reframing and captions
- Price
- Free / $15/mo Starter / $29/mo Pro; Business custom
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Turning a weekly podcast or interview episode into a batch of Shorts, Reels and TikToks
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AI captions, Magic Clips and B-roll for short-form, now with an API and MCP server
- Price
- From $12/mo billed annually ($19 monthly) · Pro $23/mo annual ($39 monthly) · Business $41/mo annual ($69 monthly)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Repurposing podcasts, interviews and webinars into captioned vertical clips
The short version
Where they differ
- Only Opus Clip offers upscaling.
All 2 offer: team collaboration, public API, MCP server.
Feature by feature
Opus Clip vs Submagic: capabilities
| Opus Clip | Submagic | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free / $15/mo Starter / $29/mo Pro; Business custom | From $12/mo billed annually ($19 monthly) · Pro $23/mo annual ($39 monthly) · Business $41/mo annual ($69 monthly) |
| Node / flow builder | Partial | No |
| AI agent | Partial | No |
| Chat assistant | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | No | Partial |
| Video to video | Yes | Partial |
| Voice / TTS | Partial | Yes |
| Music & SFX | Partial | Partial |
| Upscaling | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Free tier | Yes | Partial |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Opus Clip
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Starter | $15monthly |
| Pro | $29monthly |
| Business | Customcustom |
Submagic
| Starter | $19/member/mo monthly, $12/member/mo billed yearlymonthly or yearly |
|---|---|
| Pro | $39/member/mo monthly, $23/member/mo billed yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $69/member/mo monthly, $41/member/mo billed yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Custom / API credit packs | Contact sales; API packs from $57/mo (250 min) to $1,000/mo (10,000 min)monthly |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Opus Clip
Pick it for
- Turning a weekly podcast or interview episode into a batch of Shorts, Reels and TikToks
- Pulling highlight reels from long gaming or sports streams
- Producing vertical cutdowns of a 16:9 talk or documentary interview for social
Stands out
- ClipAnything works on any genre (vlogs, gaming, sports, interviews, explainers), not just podcasts, and accepts a plain-language prompt to pull a specific moment.
- Hosted MCP server at mcp.opus.pro/mcp with OAuth sign-in: an AI assistant can submit a video, list ranked clips, apply edit scripts, export and schedule without a separate API key.
Watch out
- Free plan watermarks animated caption templates and exports are capped at 1080p
- Credits are consumed per imported minute, so long source footage burns the allowance quickly
Submagic
Pick it for
- Repurposing podcasts, interviews and webinars into captioned vertical clips
- Channels that publish a batch of shorts a week in one caption style
- Agencies scripting clip production through the API or MCP server
Stands out
- Official MCP server and REST API on the same API key and credit pool, so the same jobs can run from a script or from Claude Code
- Caption templates modeled on named creator styles, with automatic keyword highlights and emoji insertion
Watch out
- Credit allowances are small: Starter's 45 credits cover about 15 videos
- Source length caps (2 min on Starter) rule it out for long-form work on low tiers
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.